Title: [Plugin: WordPress.com Stats] Display Author
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress.com Stats] Display Author

 *  [ridesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ridesign/)
 * (@ridesign)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-display-author/)
 * Is there a way to display the author id or name next to the top posts?
 * I tried using the stats_get_csv but the “post_author” does not seem to work.

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 *  Plugin Author [Andy Skelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andy/)
 * (@andy)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-display-author/#post-1670279)
 * The post_author is not known to the stats system. You would have to query your
   own blog tables to find out who authored each post.
 *  Thread Starter [ridesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ridesign/)
 * (@ridesign)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-display-author/#post-1670283)
 * What do I use to display post_views when using: stats_get_csv?

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 * Last reply from: [ridesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ridesign/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-display-author/#post-1670283)
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